The Gathering Storm campaign for Warhammer 40,000 developed the space-fantasy setting from an static sandbox to an evolving storyline, introducing new characters are setting up many of the things modern Warhammer takes for granted. So, in this video, I go through the entire story – what actually happened in Gathering Storm?
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awesome thx!!!
Great video, and I'd absolutely love to have you breakdown the story of other narrative campaigns held in the 40k universe in the same way.
Maybe also, and I don't know if it's feasible, but a video on the history (and evolution) of the narrative campaign books might also be useful?
Awesome video, appreciate the summary. Gathering Storm was around the time I was becoming extremely jaded about GW's general strategy of gouging money with dozens of supplements and army books so I missed a lot of the lore surrounding it, but it's very compelling seeing the overarching storyline progress.
Best summary to date!!!
That was long and confusing.
But wait! What happened to the Ynarri! For me that bit was much more interesting then the big angry space dude fighting angry space dudes. Did they revive their death god and bring hope to their people? And what of the other factions? what were they doing? Like the Orks, the Tau, the Necrons, heck even the Tyrannids? They just stood there and watched the galaxy ripped itself in half? I feel like this story had so many holes and seem to be told by an unreliable narrator then a heroic campaign that brought back a primarch… almost propaganda level…
Hey mate, I just got to say that this sort of video was exactly what I was hoping for. You summarised the lore in such a good way and I would love for you to continue this series covering more events and providing a timeline. Great job, and keep it up!
The sisters of silence and Adeptus Custodes joined these crusading armies, only occasionally wiping out all the primaris marines that they were travelling with.
I've been hoping you'd do this recap. Great video
Thanks for this, Ian! I've been busy being a new dad for the past few years and came back to 40k completely confused and baffled by what was going on. You brought me up to speed in less than half an hour. You are my bloody hero!
My man…. Thank you, you do a great job.
Being something who only got into 40K in the last year this was really helpful for understanding some of the history of the current setting
So that's why it's shitty now. Also, eldar protecting pylons – how much do GW want to be sued by Activision?
Not gonna lie, the scene where Calgar shouted for them to stop, and when Guilliman step out from the machine was a powerful scene that makes your hair stands.
The Gathering Storm, aka The Gathering of as many Deus Ex Machinas as you can think
Oh man! What a treat this was 😊
imagine a Series about this.
I really loved this video, might be my favorite. Really well done as always!
Great video, the wiki on this subject is pretty convoluted.
Maybe I'm showing my Ahriman fan boyness but I feel that Yiv reversing the Rubric on a squad of Rubricae in the Webway is an important event of this confluence.
yeah i remember the finale: The primarch rises
i was like O_O
as somebody who started this mid 90s it felt like "jesus lives again"
a living loyalist primarch in 40k – not possible. but there he was.
This was perfect! …and a timeline? Yes please! I read a bunch of Horus Heresy books but when it comes to 40k millennium I’m completely clueless as to how we got here. Please, more of these!
It would be great to do a character driven overview too… Shadowsun pls 😬
Brilliant video. I hope against hope that you will undertake a similar series once Warhammer: The Old World is released.
Great video, thanks! I was just wondering what were the latest books in the timeline
I remember hearing of this back in the day but since I wasn't as deep into 40k as nowadays I didn't absorb any details.
Personally I find this refreshing in a day and age where companies are so paranoid about rocking the boat and stir things up franchises kinda end up feeling like stale swamp water.
So the fact GW was willing to commit to an actual step forward in the narrative and actually codify something of impact in 40K is something I respect, even if I can understand why some of the directions isn't everyone's cup of tea.
As always your videos are amazing! Thanks for all the hard work!
Great Stuff ✌️💚
Awesome!!! I'd tried to get ahold of the Gathering Storm books, but no luck, so I was completely out of the loop on these important events. Thank you for this retelling – you've saved me money, time and nerves! As before, I'll keep recommending your channel to anyone looking to get into 40k lore. You're simply the best there is for that. 🙂
My favorite part is Trazyn joining the battle on Cadia for shits and giggles.
Basically anyone who is anyone is involved 😅
I only got into the hobby in 2020, and the vibe I've got is that basically the lore didn't move essentially from like 2nd edition until this Gathering Storm storyline. Since I've been in the hobby they've been adding interesting new little bits and pieces and it's really engaging to follow. I wanna see a few more drastic things like they really should have killed off Calgar in Nihilus
I found the first campaign/lore book Fall of Cadia in shrinkwrap at a resale shop for like 10 bucks. went online to see about acquiring the other books and geez…. little bit pricey. think i'll just stick with vol. 1
Just a tiny nitpick, its pronounced like abba dawn, not a bad 'un.
I just love to imagine the disbelief and exuberance Calgar must have felt when his father stood before him restored
Thanks so much! Please keep doing more of these! I'm watching these like I used to watch Saturday morning cartoons in the '80s.
This was like 40k’s all-star game, pretty much every main character in their universe
I really, really don't like that there is an overarching storyline now. It doesn't feel condusive to a tabletop wargame the same way the sandbox is. I hate the idea of there being anything remotely resembling a "main character" in 40k, the main characters should be whatever models a player puts on the table. Novels and other stories should serve to enrichen and widen the setting to enable players to better get into their games. That's my perspective as a tabletop player.
I understand that a lot of 40k fans don't actually play the game and I imagine that the overarching soryline might be exciting for them but I wouldn't care much even if it was the single greatest narrative written by man because it doesn't enrich my games.
Oh well, I'll stick to Horus Heresy, at least we know how that ends so there won't be any changes which is good.
Im not confused not at all..
Watchers Of The Throne are very good reads. My only problem with them is wtf was Mars doing the whole time..
I’ve been a fan of 40K since the late 80’s early 90’s and have read about 50 or so 40K novels. I’ve attempted to read the Gathering Storm when it came out, but found it abysmal writing at best. It’s simply a mess. Someone obviously set a deadline that others scrambled to meet. However, the events that occur during that campaign are vitally important for someone that wants to understand certain things about the current 40K setting. For anyone who is interested in knowing what happens I recommend the audio narration by ABorder Prince on YouTube. He lets the audience know ahead of time that the content is pretty bad, but his voice acting helps the story along some.
This story reads like a ten year olds fan fiction. Utter trash. Gw really rushed it
While all this is happening, Baal was under siege.
Great video thanks